Sectional-flooring.



J. Q. SMITH & A. B. HOOVER.

SEGTIONAL FLOORING. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7 1913.

Patented Sept. 15, 1914..

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8.. ucmfoz! J. @Aimiih, J4. Bjoouer JOHN QUINcY SMITH AND Ancnm 1a. oovnn, or IPAOLA, KANSAS.

- SECTIONAL rnoo nrnej Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 7, 1913.

ratmeasept. is, rare. Serial No. 793,913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. ,it known that we, JOHN QUINCY SMnrrI and ARoHLE B. HOOVER, citizens of the United States, residents of Paola, in the county of Miami and State of Kansas, have made a certain new and useful Invention in Sectional Flooring; and we declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable. others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the invention, reference. being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference niarkedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figured is. a plan view of the flooring, partially assembled. Fig. 2 isa plan view of a portion. of the flooring on a larger scale, .partially assembled,. and partially broken away. Fig, 3 is a section on the line 3-3,.Fig. 2. Fig; 4 is a partial plan view showing thejoists and beams and the connections therefor, disengaged or before as sembling. ,,-,Fig. 5 is a. detail bottom. plan View ofone of the floor sections. Fig.1. 6 is a detail side view ofoneof the joist sections. Fig. 7 is. a,.detail side view of one of the side beam, sections. Fig. 8 is a detail. perspective view.,of,one of the rods and the hooked bolts thereof.

The, invention has, relation to knock down or portablesectional flooring, designed for. use in skating rinks and. other buildings and places and it consists in the novel 0011-..- struction and combinations of parts as hereinafterset forth,

In the accompanying drawings illustrat ingthe.invention.,.the numeral 1, designates. floor SGClQlQBS IILQQIltGd upon a base frame. consisting of-sidebeams a and a usually two. by six inches in cross section, and abuttingandheld together at the corners by detachablemeanssuch as bolts Z) and c at right angI s toeach other, one of said bolts (6) being an,eye bolt, the-eye of which is engagedby-the otherbolt. The side beams at, two opposite sidesare in convenient lengths or sections a,',,each usuallyv about fourteen feet .;long, the sections abutting at the ends and'being. he1dt0 Q herby suitable detachablegpe .nssuch .as a olam plate math-he. outer si e, a bolt'e, paral e1 to the clamp the. ends of the plate and engaging the eyes of eye bolts 7' and g, passing through the clamp plate and through. the ends of the beam sections.

Intermediate beams h, are provided at the abutting ends of each of the sections a, and at right angles thereto, the bolt 0, of the joint connection before referred to, passing through the ends of the intermediate beams. The other two opposite side beams a of the base are in lengths .or sections a usually a little shorter than the lengths a of the other beams h, are provided with cleats j and respectively, upon the inner sides of the side beams and upon both sides of the intermediate beams, said cleats being arranged in short lengths with spaces 7' and is therebetween. The cleats 7' have a lap joint 7' with the abutting ends of the sections a of the side beams a and the cleats 7c of the intermediate beams have a lap joint 70 with the abutting ends of the sections of the intcrmediate beams.

The floor joists z, are parallel to the side beams a, and are in sections 2" of about the same length as the sections a of the beams a. The sections 2710f the joists 2', fit in the spaces .01 seats between :the cleats j and 7c.

againstrthe. ends of-the cleats and against the beams. The ends of the intermediate sections z'flofthe joists are notched at '5 to Lap over the intermediate beams h, the top .facesnof: which. i. are. located below the t p-f-ages-of the side beams. .The top faces joists in said seatsabutting-.-

of the joists zI'are on the same level as the top faces of the side beams.

Gertainof the floor joists i, usually every fifth joist. are'connected to the intermediate beams by suitable detachable means, usually a Ur-form. bolt ,1", fitting in a notch of the intermediatefbeam in, thearms of said bolt passing through thewabutting ends of the sections 73 of.-the:fifth-..joist The. end sec tions ofthelfifth joists 2',.-are connected to the. ;side .beams a, by suitable detachable means, usually-a right angle bolt m, one arm of which passes through the side beam and the other arm of which passes through the end of the section 2'.

The entire frame is held or tied together laterally by rods or cables at, parallelto the sides a, and connected at the ends preferably to eye bolts 0, said bolts passin through the lap joints j of the sectlons of t e side beams a and the cleats j, to hold the frame to gether longitudinally. The eye bolts 0 engage clamp plates p, at the outer sides of the side beams a A The frame is designed to be set up over another floor in a building, or with sills and suitable underpinning in a building or outdoors.

The sections of the frame can be readily and quickly put together or taken down, and are all flat when taken apart, whereby they may be compactly piled one upon another for transportation or storage.

The side beams a, and certain of the floor joists i, usually every fifth joist, have passing therethrough and pivotally mounted therein at suitable intervals, a number of rods 3, 3, usually of as pipe, and projecting oppositely from t e sides of the joists. Each of said rods has at opposite ends and upon opposite sides of the joists, a bolt 4,

at right angles to therod, and provided with an angular or hooked free end 5.

- The floor sections 1, are provided eachwith lower transverse cleats 6, parallel to the joists z. The end cleats 6 of each floor section are provided with holes or seats 8, with which the hooked ends of the bolts 4 are engaged. The center line of the floor is indicated at 9, and is parallel to the side beams 0.

The flooring sections are laid upon the joists from the center line outward toward the sides. As each section is laid, it is engaged with the hooked ends of the bolts with their seats 8 in the end cleats, and the tongue and groove joint is engaged the 'ends of meeting sections, after which the nut 8 of the bolts are adjusted to draw the sections together and down to the joists and engage the tongue and groove joint at the sides of meeting sections.

Upon opposite sides of the center line 9, the hooked bolts extendfin o posite directions away .from said line, w ereby said "bolts exert an inward pull on the floor sections and an outward pull upon the joists and beams, the U-form' connections between the joist sections holding 'the joist sections together against the outward pull of said bolts.

In dismantling or knocking down, all metal narts and connections are first removed from the woodwork, when the floor sections and beam and oist sections are se arated and piled up atwise to lessen t e danger of warping and for packing in small space. This flooring is designed to be laid without necessity of crawling under the same to attach the fastenings, and is readily and quickly assembled and taken apart.

What we claim is z 1. In sectional knock down flooring, floor joists, floor sections, having bottom cleats, and detachable means of connection between said joists and said sections having engagement with said cleats to simultaneously draw the floor sections laterally together and down to the joists.

2. In sectional knock down flooring, floor joists, floor sections, having bottom cleats, and detachable hooked bolts havin seats in i the bottom cleats and carrying ro s engaging the joists to simultaneously draw the floor sections laterally together and down to the joists.

3. In sectional knock down flooring, floor joists, floor sections, havino bottom cleats, rods engaging said joists, bolts engaging the rods and having hooked free ends seated in said cleats, and adjustable nuts upon the other ends of said bolts whereby the floor sections may be simultaneously drawn laterally together and down to said 'oists.

4. In sectional knock down coring, floor oists, floor sections havinrr bottom cleats and tongue and grooved ends and sides, said cleats having seats therein, rods engaging said 'oists, bolts engaging said rods and having upon endwise movement of the door sections to simultaneously engage the tongue and grooved ends of meeting sections, and nuts threaded upon the other ends of said bolts and adjustable to simultaneously draw the floor sections laterally together to engage the tongue and grooved sides of meeting sections,'and down-to said joists.

5. In sectional. knock down flooring, floor joists, floor sections, and detachable means of connection between said joists and said sections to simultaneously draw the floor sections together and down to the,joists, embodying rods extending-transversely through the joists, bolts engaging perforations of said rods and extending at right angles thereto, and adjusting nuts threaded upon the bolts.

6. In sectional knock down 'flooring, a joist receiving frame composed of .side beams, intermediate beams having their up-' per faces located below the tops of said side beams, floor joists at right angles to said in-. termediate beams and passing over and resting upon the same with their upper faces level. with the upper faces-of the side beams, floor sections having bottom cleats at right angles to and passing over said intermediate beams, and detachable means of connection between said joists and the floor sections to simultaneously draw said sections laterally ooked free ends engaging said seatstogether and down to the joists, including rods extending transversely through said tions upon opposite sides of the center line JOlStS, bolts engaging perforations of said of the flooring toward each other. rods and extending at right angles thereto, In testimony whereof we afix our signaand nuts threaded upon said bolts. fl tures, in presence of two witnesses.

5 7. In sectional knock down flooring oor joists, floor sections, and detachable ineans Y for simultaneously drawing said floor s'ectio'ns laterally together and down to said Witnesses: joists, said means extending in Opposite di- G. W. JENKINS,

10 rections and acting to draw the floor sec- I D. E. BUTTS. 

